Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Uttarakhand | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 2 |
- Thaumetopoea cheela Moore, 1883. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pg. 18, pl. 5/3-3a. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91169#page/60/mode/1up.
- Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig. Pg. 64, # 87, Fig. 38. WS: 34-38 mm. TL: Punjab/Simla. Listed as Cnethocampa cheela.
- Basso, A., Negrisolo, E., Zilli, A., Battisti, A. and Cerretti, P., 2017. A total evidence phylogeny for the processionary moths of the genus Thaumetopoea (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae: Thaumetopoeinae). Cladistics, 33(6), pp.557-573.
- Basso, A., 2017. A study of the genus Thaumetopoea (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae), using morphological, ecological, andmolecular traits. PhD thesis.
- Chandel, R.S., Singh, J., Sharma, P.L., Kumar, R. and Kumar, P., 2019. New insights of processionary moth, Thaumetopoea cheela on pistachio nut (Pistacia vera): Interaction effect on flowering and nut yield. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 89(11), pp.1818-1822.
- Sondhi, S. 2024. Moths of India - A Field Guide. Published by Titli Trust, India, xii+280 pp. Pl. 108/47.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Thaumetopoea cheela Moore, 1883 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/thaumetopoea-cheela, accessed 2025/10/28.


